Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: a burnt paper's last words, then a ruined son flies off in a magic trunk
Tests: 4 of 13 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 12 of 17 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 828 of the books course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose.
Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.
Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗
Yo, why'd they chuck the paper on the fire, innit?
- 1. Cos it was so mouldy — no support
- 2. Cos it had writing on it and nobody wanted to read it — ← Mova's choice · score 1
- 3. Cos it had writing on it — ✓ the right answer · score -1
- 4. Cos the schoolmaster said it had writing on it already, innit. — no support
Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 1, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 68, line 4: «Next morning Toad comes down late. The Mole has slipped off somewhere by himself without telling anyone; the Rat is busily making four little heaps of weapons…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «read» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · ★ · right ✓
Wait, so the sparks, were they like kids leaving school, bruv?
- 1. Nah, they were just sparks, bruv — no support
- 2. Nah, they weren't — no support
- 3. Yeah, sort of — no support
- 4. Yeah, the kids called them that — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 93, line 18: «Talk in this lesson: «gyatt» = a word kids shout when surprised, without much meaning; «bummer» (older US) = what a shame; «tara-a-bit» (Black Country, England…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shout» (+4); the same doer «kids» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · ★ · right ✓
Did the paper reckon it was progressing, or nah?
- 1. Yeah, it reckoned it always went forward — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
- 2. Nah, it reckoned it was stuck — score 3
- 3. Nah, it didn't — no support
- 4. Yeah, kinda — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1, line 23: «Old words in today's English: "presently" = soon after, "fancy" = just imagine, "to-night" = tonight, "I should think" = I expect.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «imagine» (+2); the same doer «old words» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗
Which spark did the kids say was the schoolmaster, mate?
- 1. The red one — ← Mova's choice · score -3
- 2. The last one — ✓ the right answer · score -3
- 3. The first — no support
- 4. Top — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score -3, tied with another option at -3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 198, line 19: «Old word "transcendent" means beyond compare or better than everything; today a kid might say "unreal" or "beyond amazing."», reached through a sentence linked to the one the question matched. Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same doer «old word» (-2). The right option, 2, scored -3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗
Yeah, but what did the paper actually shout as it burst into flames?
- 1. "Oops" — no support
- 2. "Oi" — ← Mova's choice · score 2
- 3. "Ah" — no support
- 4. "Ugh" — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 828, line 3: «The paper cries "Ugh" as it burns, then its words turn to fire and it shouts that it is mounting up to the sun.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «shout» (+1); the same doer «paper» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · ★ · right ✓
Who even sent the trunk to him, like was it his bezzie?
- 1. A pal — score 3
- 2. A good-natured friend — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
- 3. A nice old schoolfriend — score 3
- 4. His cousin — score 3
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 828, line 5: «A ruined merchant's son sits in a magic trunk that a friend sent, presses the lock, and flies to Turkey, where he meets a nurse.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «send» (+3); the same thing acted on «magic trunk» (+1); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «friend» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, what's the message on the trunk, though?
- 1. "Get ready" — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. "Pack up everything, bruv, you're off on a trip!" — no support
- 3. "Pack up!" — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. "Leave now!" — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗
Bro, what did he do to make the trunk fly, then?
- 1. Pressed the lock — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. He pressed the lock of the trunk and it lifted up, mate. — ← Mova's choice · score 3
- 3. Pulled the handle — no support
- 4. He pressed the lock and then sat inside the trunk, bro — no support
Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 823, line 13: «Why: the fourth daughter's harp makes everyone "lift up the left leg," because "the goblins are left-legged."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «lift up» (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · ★ · right ✓
Where did he end up flying, mate?
- 1. Turkey — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. Turkey, the land where all the Turks live, mate. — no support
- 3. Egypt — no support
- 4. To the land of Turkey, over the sea, mate — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗
How come he was dressed like a Turk in the town, though?
- 1. A dressing-gown — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. He wore dressing-gown and slippers — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. He wore a silk turban and cloak — no support
- 4. In slippers — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗
Did the king want something funny in the story, or nah?
- 1. Yeah, something to make him cry — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 2. Nah, he wanted something sad — score 6
- 3. Yeah, something to make him laugh out loud, mate, every single night. — score 6
- 4. Yeah, something to make him laugh — ✓ the right answer · score 6
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 169, line 13: «Why: the Sultan had no children, so he said he would make the young king "my heir."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «make» (+4); the same doer «sultan» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 6. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗
Wait, what did he bring the princess as his marriage portion?
- 1. A funny story, bruv, about a flying trunk — no support
- 2. A long story that was dead funny and made the king laugh. — no support
- 3. A story — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. A horse — ← Mova's choice · score 1
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 828, line 16: «Old words: a "masquerade" was a party where people wore masks; a "somerset" was a head-over-heels tumble, and a "marriage portion" was what a bride brought, he…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗
Was the nurse's castle thing a proper secret, bruv?
- 1. Yeah, it was prophesied she'd be unhappy over a lover, and the king was dead worried. — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Yeah, it was prophesied she'd be unhappy over a lover, bruv, so no one could visit — no support
- 3. Yeah, it was prophesied she'd be unhappy — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Nah, it was just the nurse being daft — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Upon what grounds was the paper consigned to the hearth by the household?
- 1. Because it was written on — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Because it had been written upon and could not be sold — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. Because it was marked by ink and so could not be used — no support
- 4. It was written upon — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓
Which figure did the children identify with the final spark of the fire?
- 1. The schoolmaster, whom they named as the last spark, after he had shouted at them all day. — score 4
- 2. The old master they called the final glowing coal — score 2
- 3. The schoolmaster, whom they named as the last spark that burned out by the grate — score 4
- 4. The schoolmaster, whom they named as the last spark — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 828, line 10: «The children say "the last spark was the schoolmaster", but the beings say "the most beautiful is yet to come."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «schoolmaster» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
By what means did the merchant's son achieve his removal to the land of Turkey?
- 1. By climbing into a carriage drawn by horses — ← Mova's choice · score 10
- 2. By pressing a lock — score 0
- 3. By sailing on a painted ship — no support
- 4. By pressing the lock of a flying trunk — ✓ the right answer · score 0
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 10, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 820, line 20: «OLD WORD: "stammered" means spoke with broken, repeated sounds, which the second brother does when he is nervous.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «old word» (+6); the same circumstance (+4). The right option, 4, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓
What reason did the nurse give for the inaccessibility of the castle to visitors?
- 1. It had been prophesied that the princess would suffer over a lover — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8
- 2. It was foretold the king's daughter would be sad about a suitor — score 8
- 3. It had been prophesied that the princess would suffer over a lover, so the king sealed the castle gates against every visitor — score 8
- 4. It had been prophesied that the princess would suffer over a lover, and the nurse said this was why no one may enter the castle at all. — score 8
Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 12, line 6: «The Duchess says "Here! you may nurse it a bit, if you like!", flinging the baby at Alice, and goes to get ready to play croquet with the Queen; the cook throw…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «nurse» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2); the same doer «nurse» (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/828-pg27200-part39/